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Ju Seong Lee; Tim Taylor – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This mixed-methods study investigates whether and to what extent positive psychology constructs (classroom enjoyment, grit, and growth mindset) and Extramural English predict primary school students' willingness to communicate in a second language (L2 WTC) both in the classroom (a fictitious but common setting for English communication among…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Fakieh Alrabai – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
This study utilises a holistic approach of positive psychology (PP) in the second language acquisition (SLA) domain to test a model of willingness to communicate in English language (L2WTC) among 328 Saudi learners. The model examines how potential connections among learners' negative emotions (anxiety and boredom), positive emotions (enjoyment…
Descriptors: Correlation, Student Attitudes, Student Participation, English (Second Language)
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Laela Adamson – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2024
In contexts where schooling is delivered through a language of instruction (LoI) that is unfamiliar to learners, it has repeatedly been observed that students are reluctant to speak, passive, or even silent. This is commonly attributed to lack of understanding of the language in use in the classroom. Although this is, undoubtedly, an important…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Experience, Secondary School Students, Teacher Student Relationship
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Ju Seong Lee – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2022
This interdisciplinary study investigates whether, and to what extent, grit (consisting of "perseverance of effort" and "consistency of interests") and classroom enjoyment are linked with EFL learners' willingness to communicate in a second language (L2 WTC), the final psychological step before actual English communication. To…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Resilience (Psychology), English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Lee, Ju Seong; Sylvén, Liss Kerstin; Lee, Kilryoung – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2021
Although there have been several comparative studies of willingness to communicate in a first language (L1 WTC), there is a dearth of comparative research on L2 WTC, especially between groups with distinct cultural and educational backgrounds. This study synthesises the L2 motivational self system (ideal L2 self and ought-to L2 self) and attitudes…
Descriptors: Korean, Swedish, Second Language Learning, Self Concept
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Wu, Xi – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2020
In recent years, increasing numbers of Chinese international secondary school students have come to study in Canada. Upon arriving in their international context, their academic studies are influenced by socio-economic and cultural forces circulating between the home and host spaces of China and Canada. This paper delves into the economic,…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Neoliberalism, Ethnography, Foreign Students